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Side view of an Amtrak Blue Water passenger train with a gray heavyweight car numbered 325, stopped at a grade crossing with a red and white striped crossing gate.

An Amtrak Blue Water passenger train with a heavyweight coach numbered 325 at a grade crossing. c. 1971 to 1982

A blue Wisconsin Calumet Railroad locomotive numbered 617 is parked in a grassy yard next to an Amtrak passenger car and a gray boxcar under an overcast sky.

A Wisconsin Calumet Railroad GP9 locomotive numbered 617 sits on a track next to an Amtrak passenger car at a yard on an overcast summer day. c. 1971 to 1987

Side view close-up of a blue diesel locomotive's underframe and wheels on a concrete yard surface.

A close-up of the underframe and trucks of Amtrak locomotive 734, a GP38-2, in a yard on a sunny day. April 27, 1974 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A red-nosed, silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with its headlights on pulls a short train of stainless steel passenger cars around a snow-covered curve between wooded banks.

Amtrak 594 leads a passenger train through falling snow on a curving double-track line, likely at Webster Groves, Missouri. January 6, 1977 · Webster Groves, MO

A side view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive with the number 4443, pulling a freight car and an Amtrak passenger car, parked on tracks next to a grassy roadside on an overcast day.

A Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4443, stands with a mix of freight and Amtrak passenger cars on a private right-of-way on an overcast summer day. c. 1978 to 1984

Two silver Amtrak Metroliner trains with red and blue stripes sit on a gravel track under wires, with a yellow construction vehicle and two people on the rear platform.

Two Amtrak Metroliner electric multiple-unit cars, numbered 414 and 407, are parked on a gravel yard track under overhead wires, with a front-end loader nearby and two people standing on the rear platform. August 13, 1978 · 42 South Blvd, Evanston, IL

Two electric railcars, one green and white and one silver with red and blue stripes, are on a track beside a highway with a concrete barrier.

A South Shore Line interurban car 25 is seen on a private right-of-way next to an Amtrak electric multiple-unit car 100 in Evanston, Illinois. August 13, 1978 · South Blvd, Evanston, IL

Overhead view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 243, with red, white and blue stripes, on a curving track next to a second track and piles of railroad ties.

Amtrak diesel locomotive 243 runs light on a curve beside stacks of old ties and rail. c. 1979 to 1993

Three silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stand on yard tracks in front of a long tan building, and a car's side mirror shows in the lower right corner.

Amtrak locomotives 321, 218 and 406 in a yard, photographed from a car. c. 1980 to 1995

Silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes are parked on yard tracks under a partly cloudy sky. A car's side mirror shows in the lower right corner.

Amtrak locomotives 249 and 406 at a locomotive servicing yard. c. 1980 to 2001

Side view of a silver diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak and numbered 397, standing beside a paved crossing over yard tracks.

Amtrak 397 sits on a paved crossing, coupled to another locomotive. c. 1980 to 2001

An elevated view of an Amtrak Metroliner train with a white, red, and blue livery moving on a wet, overgrown railroad track in an urban area.

An Amtrak Metroliner train in Phase I livery travels along a wet, overgrown right-of-way in Chicago on an overcast summer day. August 10, 1980 · Halsted Street, Chicago, IL

Two Amtrak diesel locomotives on parallel railroad tracks in a snow-covered yard, with a city skyline and a large bridge in the background.

Two Amtrak F40PH locomotives, numbers 463 and 405, stand on parallel tracks in a snowy yard with the Chicago skyline and a truss bridge in the background. February 7, 1981 · 18th St., Chicago, IL

Two weathered silver diesel locomotives with Amtrak stripes stand on a snow-covered yard track. Behind them are a large steel truss bridge, bare trees and city skyscrapers.

Amtrak 463 and an Amtrak cab unit stand in a snowy yard near 18th Street, Chicago, with a truss bridge and the downtown skyline behind. February 9, 1981 · 18th Street, Chicago, IL

A silver locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and the number 344 stands in front of tan corrugated metal shop buildings. A tall black skyscraper with two antennas rises behind them under a blue sky, and a road with a guardrail and embedded rails runs across the foreground.

Amtrak 344 sits outside the shop buildings of a Chicago yard, with the Sears Tower rising behind them. c. 1985 to 2001

Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes lead a long passenger train on one of several tracks under a clear blue sky, with a pale moon and a pole line overhead.

Amtrak 223 and a second locomotive lead a passenger train past a station platform, likely at Oceanside, California. August 25, 1985 · Oceanside, CA

A white and blue CSX locomotive with the number 1123 is coupled to a bright orange Amtrak boxcar in a railway yard. A person in a blue hard hat walks on the tracks nearby, with industrial buildings and a clear sky in the background.

A CSX EMD SW1200 switcher locomotive, number 1123, coupled to an Amtrak boxcar, number 17121, in a rail yard with a man walking nearby. c. 1986 to 1992

Seen from above, an Amtrak train of stainless and white passenger cars on the left passes a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive consist on the right, with a raised steel lift bridge, signals, a brick industrial building and stored boats behind.

Union Pacific B4232 leads a locomotive consist past an Amtrak train below a raised vertical-lift bridge in winter. c. 1989 to 2005

A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 moves through a snow-dusted rail yard with multiple tracks and Amtrak passenger cars in the background.

Metra locomotive 9019, an EMD F40PH, pulls a passenger train through a snowy rail yard in Chicago, with Amtrak cars visible in the background. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Canal St., Chicago, IL

An Amtrak freight train with two locomotives and several passenger cars on a snowy day in a rail yard with city buildings in the background.

An Amtrak train led by locomotive 361, followed by 330, travels through a snowy rail yard near downtown Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd. and Canal St., Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with a red, white and blue stripe leads stainless steel passenger cars along double track, past a brick interlocking tower, a signal bridge and a tall brick smokestack, with dry winter grass and patches of snow in the foreground.

An Amtrak passenger train, led by a diesel locomotive whose number appears to end in 7, passes an interlocking tower at what the note identifies as Mayfair Junction, Chicago, in winter. November 24, 1989 · Mayfair Jct, Chicago, IL

A high-angle view of an Amtrak passenger train at a snow-dusted station, showing the rear of a silver coach with a red and blue stripe.

An Amtrak Amfleet I coach, number 34073, sits at a snowy station platform, with another Amtrak car visible on an adjacent track. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Wells St., Chicago, IL

Elevated view of two grey Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes pulling express cars and passenger cars through a snowy multi-track throat, with a highway viaduct and office buildings behind.

Amtrak locomotives 361 and 330 lead a train past snowy ground near Canal Street and Roosevelt Road in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 333, with red, white and blue stripes, leads a second locomotive, a baggage car and passenger cars along snow-dusted tracks, with an elevated roadway and large buildings behind.

Amtrak 333 leads a second locomotive and a passenger train over the snowy tracks near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes pulls four silver passenger cars over a snowy maze of tracks and switches, with a street viaduct and tall office buildings behind.

Amtrak 206 leads a short passenger train through the snowy track approach, likely near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL

A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 travels on tracks in a winter rail yard with Amtrak cars and city buildings in the background.

A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 9019, leads a train through a snow-dusted rail yard with Amtrak passenger cars in the background. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL

Seen from above, a silver Amtrak switcher with red, white and blue stripes is coupled to three stainless steel passenger cars beside a brick shop building, a row of wheelsets and a parked blue car.

An Amtrak switcher moves a string of stainless steel passenger cars through the 18th Street coach yard in Chicago. September 8, 1990 · 18th St., Chicago, IL

An elevated view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, numbered 823, leading a train through a rail yard. Several more Amtrak locomotives, service buildings, a pickup truck and a brick warehouse signed Continental Paper Grading Co. are behind it, and a city skyline r

Amtrak 823 leads a second Amtrak unit through a servicing yard, likely in Chicago, with other Amtrak locomotives standing near the shop buildings. c. 1993 to 2001

Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 809 with red and blue stripes, coupled to a silver baggage car, standing on a yard track behind paved crossings, a switch stand and a rusty dumpster.

Amtrak 809 in a passenger yard with baggage car 1267 coupled to its nose, likely in Chicago in the 1990s. c. 1993 to 2001

A stainless steel bi-level Amtrak sleeping car with red, white and blue stripes stands on a yard track while a worker climbs into its side door, with switch stands and track in the foreground.

Amtrak Superliner sleeping car 3203[?] in the Amtrak yard at 19th and Lumber Streets, Chicago, 1994. 1994 · 19th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A rusted gray end-cab diesel switcher numbered 750, with red, white and blue stripes and its hood doors open, stands behind a roadside guardrail in front of a tall beige and blue building, with a silver locomotive behind it.

Amtrak switcher 750 beside a large building at the yard at 14th and Lumber Streets, Chicago, with a second locomotive behind it. January 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

An Amtrak locomotive in white, red, and blue livery pulls a train of open-top freight cars through a gravel yard on an overcast winter day, with an industrial building and a drawbridge in the background.

An Amtrak SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 114, works in a rail yard near a large industrial building, pulling a string of gondola cars. March 15, 1994 · 16th and Canal, Chicago, IL

Close-up of the underframe and truck of a rail vehicle, showing a rusty metal frame with the number -4202 painted on it, on a dirt ground beside a concrete curb.

Close-up detail of a rail vehicle's underframe and truck, showing the number -4202, possibly from an Amtrak locomotive. April 27, 1994 · 19th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A gray switcher locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and its engine doors open stands beside a rusty switcher numbered 750, behind a guardrail in front of a tall metal building.

Amtrak switchers 734 and 750 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber Streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A small gray end-cab diesel switcher numbered 734, with a red, white and blue stripe and its hood doors open, parked beside a shop building with another locomotive, number 750, behind it.

Amtrak switcher 734 stands outside the shop building at Amtrak's yard near 18th and Lumber Streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

Several silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stand on yard tracks with blue STOP flags in the foreground and a tall black skyscraper in the background.

Amtrak locomotives 321 and 406 and other Amtrak units in the yard near 14th Street, with the Sears Tower and the Chicago skyline beyond. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber St, Chicago, IL

A silver diesel locomotive with red and blue stripes and Amtrak lettering stands in a rail yard below a street overpass, with a pile of red material and a rusty steel skip in front of it.

Amtrak locomotive 834 in the yard near 14th and Lumber Streets, Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak baggage car with red, white and blue stripes stands on a yard track under a street viaduct, with a stainless bilevel coach-dorm car at right, a steel dumpster in front and a brick building lettered Industrial Gases above.

Amtrak baggage car 1267 and coach-dorm 39916 in the Amtrak yard beneath the 18th Street viaduct in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumbar Sts, Chicago, IL

Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stand coupled on a yard track, with switches in the foreground and an old brick warehouse behind them.

Amtrak 834 and 809 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A silver locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak 406, stands on a yard track. Its far end reaches into the open door of a concrete-block shop building, and two more Amtrak locomotives sit to the left.

Amtrak 406 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber Streets, Chicago, with another Amtrak unit and a shop building behind it. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and number 288 on its number boards stands on yard tracks, with a second Amtrak locomotive numbered 406 inside an open service building and the Sears Tower on the skyline.

Amtrak 288 at the Amtrak yard near 14th and Lumber Streets in Chicago, with Amtrak 406 in the service building behind it and Sears Tower in the background. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 363 with red, white and blue stripes stands beside a gray Seaboard System switcher in front of a beige metal shop building with blue door frames, seen across several yard tracks and a guardrail.

Amtrak 363 and a Seaboard System switcher outside a locomotive shop at an Amtrak yard. May 1994

A long train with 'BLUEWATER' written on its side is parked beside a road where many people are walking and standing, with a large tent and power lines visible in the background.

An Amtrak Bluewater train featuring Superliner I cars is stopped alongside a road with a crowd of spectators gathered near a tent, under an overcast sky. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL

Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes pull a train around a curve past rubble piles, a brick building and a tall steel lift bridge.

Amtrak 800 leads a second Amtrak locomotive and a train out on curved track near 16th Street and Canal in Chicago, with a lift bridge and a parked Amtrak locomotive behind. July 9, 1994 · 16th and Canal, Chicago, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 274, with red, white and blue stripes, coupled to a coach beneath a concrete street viaduct, seen through a chain-link fence.

Amtrak 274 under the Lake Street viaduct by the Chicago River in Chicago. October 1995 · Lake St / Chicago River, Chicago, IL

An orange caboose with a short box cabin, open railed end platforms and black Amtrak lettering stands on a track, with stacked rails in the foreground and a river and modern buildings behind.

Amtrak caboose 18566 in an orange paint scheme sits on a yard track beside the river near Lake and Canal Streets in Chicago. December 1995 · Lake and Canal St, Chicago, IL

A white Amtrak switcher numbered 794 and a striped Amtrak car with graffiti seen through the riveted diagonal members of a rusted truss bridge, with moored boats and ducks on the river below.

Amtrak switcher 794 moving Amtrak car 1422 across a rusted steel truss bridge over a river where pleasure boats are moored. c. 1996 to 2005

A row of four blue and red Metra locomotives, numbers 137, 144, 142, and 145, are parked on tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with a white Amtrak passenger car partially visible behind them.

Four Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 137, 144, 142, and 145, are parked in a yard, with an Amtrak passenger car visible in the background. May 27, 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL